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Pmcol 305 Alcohol Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Chemical classification of alcohols - answer✔Presence of a hydroxyl (OH)
What organism is used to make alcohol? why? - answer✔Yeast
Fast generation time
Can be stored for long times and rehydrated for use
Process that makes ethanol is called - answer✔Fermentation
Fermentation makes (Only/Others as well as) Ethanol - answer✔Others as well as, like phenols
what % ethanol is toxic to yeasts - answer✔15%
What technique is used when alcohol concentration needs to be more than 40% -
answer✔Distillation
Production of ethanol outline - answer✔Glucose -> 2ATP and 2 pyruvate +2 NADH
2 pyruvate-> 2 Acetaldehyde + 2 CO2
2 Acetaldehyde + 2NADH --Alcohol dehydrogenase---> 2 Ethanol
Ways to measure alcohol concentration - answer✔Proof and alcohol by volume
ABV calculation - answer✔131.25 * (Original sugar Conc-Final sugar conc)
Common additional molecules in liquor - answer✔Anthocyanins
Terpines
Tannins
PolyPhenols
Vitamins
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4 categories of drinking - answer✔1. Abstinent
2. moderate
3. Bingeing
4. Heavy
What is bingeing - answer✔5/4 or more drinks in one occasion in the last 30 days
How much ethanol in one oz - answer✔23.3g
How much ethanol in one standardized drink - answer✔13.98g
Ethanol is mostly absorbed in X with some in Y - answer✔X=SI
y=stomach
Food (increase/Decrease) retention of ethanol in stomach, which causes X - answer✔Increases,
Slower absorption
BAC - answer✔blood alcohol concentration
BAC units - answer✔g/100mL
Average man is x% water and Woman is y% water - answer✔53.4% and 48.5%
Blood is x% water - answer✔80.6% (multiply during BAC calculations)
Larger people have (lower/higher) BAC - answer✔Lower
Leaner people have (lower/higher) BAC - answer✔Lower
Is the number of drinks consumed a more reliable measure of intoxication than BAC? -
answer✔No
What describes the effects of alcohol - answer✔Biphasic due to metabolism
Stimulant then depressant
Acute effects of alcohol as BAC rising - answer✔Increased sociability, decreased anxiety
Alcohol acute effects in brain - answer✔Inhibited judgement
Unstable mood
Decreased anxiety
Increased aggression
Increased addiction
Pmcol 305 Alcohol Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Chemical classification of alcohols - answer✔Presence of a hydroxyl (OH)
What organism is used to make alcohol? why? - answer✔Yeast
Fast generation time
Can be stored for long times and rehydrated for use
Process that makes ethanol is called - answer✔Fermentation
Fermentation makes (Only/Others as well as) Ethanol - answer✔Others as well as, like phenols
what % ethanol is toxic to yeasts - answer✔15%
What technique is used when alcohol concentration needs to be more than 40% -
answer✔Distillation
Production of ethanol outline - answer✔Glucose -> 2ATP and 2 pyruvate +2 NADH
2 pyruvate-> 2 Acetaldehyde + 2 CO2
2 Acetaldehyde + 2NADH --Alcohol dehydrogenase---> 2 Ethanol
Ways to measure alcohol concentration - answer✔Proof and alcohol by volume
ABV calculation - answer✔131.25 * (Original sugar Conc-Final sugar conc)
Common additional molecules in liquor - answer✔Anthocyanins
Terpines
Tannins
PolyPhenols
Vitamins
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4 categories of drinking - answer✔1. Abstinent
2. moderate
3. Bingeing
4. Heavy
What is bingeing - answer✔5/4 or more drinks in one occasion in the last 30 days
How much ethanol in one oz - answer✔23.3g
How much ethanol in one standardized drink - answer✔13.98g
Ethanol is mostly absorbed in X with some in Y - answer✔X=SI
y=stomach
Food (increase/Decrease) retention of ethanol in stomach, which causes X - answer✔Increases,
Slower absorption
BAC - answer✔blood alcohol concentration
BAC units - answer✔g/100mL
Average man is x% water and Woman is y% water - answer✔53.4% and 48.5%
Blood is x% water - answer✔80.6% (multiply during BAC calculations)
Larger people have (lower/higher) BAC - answer✔Lower
Leaner people have (lower/higher) BAC - answer✔Lower
Is the number of drinks consumed a more reliable measure of intoxication than BAC? -
answer✔No
What describes the effects of alcohol - answer✔Biphasic due to metabolism
Stimulant then depressant
Acute effects of alcohol as BAC rising - answer✔Increased sociability, decreased anxiety
Alcohol acute effects in brain - answer✔Inhibited judgement
Unstable mood
Decreased anxiety
Increased aggression
Increased addiction
